Key result
18F-FDG PET/CT showed increased FDG uptake in a cutaneous angiosarcoma of the lower anterior abdomen, mimicking a cutaneous metastasis in an 84-year-old woman with cervical cancer.
Case Report (n=1)
Primary cutaneous angiosarcoma can present with hypermetabolic features on 18F-FDG PET/CT that mimic metastasis, highlighting a potential diagnostic pitfall.
Requires caution interpreting FDG-avid cutaneous lesions as metastases on PET/CT; single case leaves open differentiation strategies.
Primary cutaneous angiosarcoma is a rare vascular tumor usually affecting the whole body, and its hypermetabolic features on F-FDG PET/CT may be confused with those of infection, metastasis, or primary malignancy. This is a case report of a cutaneous angiosarcoma of the lower anterior abdomen showing increased FDG uptake on F-FDG PET/CT mimicking a cutaneous metastasis in an 84-year-old woman with cervical cancer.
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Jae Pil Hwang (2017) conducted a case report in Primary cutaneous angiosarcoma and cervical cancer (n=1). 18F-FDG PET/CT was evaluated on FDG uptake on F-FDG PET/CT. 18F-FDG PET/CT showed increased FDG uptake in a cutaneous angiosarcoma of the lower anterior abdomen, mimicking a cutaneous metastasis in an 84-year-old woman with cervical cancer.
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